List of the best Maurice Pialat movies: Van Gogh(1991), Loulou(1980), The Mouth Agape(1974), We Won't Grow Old Together(1972), Police(1985) ... ...
Biography
France
1991
175 Minutes
Director
Jacques Dutronc Alexandra London Gérard Séty Bernard Le Coq Corinne Bourdon Elsa Zylberstein Leslie Azzoulai Jacques Vidal Lisa Lametrie Chantal Barbarit Claudine Ducret
painter artist brother art dealer doctor daughter brooding uneasy france paris countryside inn vincent van gogh brother relationship creative process painting depression suicide underdog transformation
The final sixty-seven days of Van Gogh's life are examined.
Drama
France
1980
110 Minutes
Director
Isabelle Huppert Gérard Depardieu Guy Marchand Humbert Balsan Bernard Tronczak Christian Boucher Frederique Cerbonnet Jacqueline Dufranne Agnès Rosier
young woman petty criminal boss husband advertising executive lover intense brutal raw france nightclub apartment city love sex infidelity marriage class distinctions jealousy transformation
A bored wife leaves her husband for an unemployed, petty criminal.
Drama
Italy|France
1974
82 Minutes
Director
Monique Melinand Hubert Deschamps Philippe Léotard Nathalie Baye
mother wife husband son daughter-in-law father dark disheartening raw emotional france store hospital bedroom cancer family dysfunction infidelity terminal illness marriage rivalry
Based on a true incident, this tells the story of a troubled young man who kills his sister's reactionary, violent and abusive husband and is eventually arrested for the murder. However, ... See full summary »
Drama
1972
103 Minutes
Director
Jean Yanne Marlène Jobert Macha Méril Christine Fabréga Jacques Galland Maurice Risch Muse Dalbray Patricia Pierangeli Harry-Max
A married man's (Jean Yanne) six-year affair with a much-younger mistress (Marlène Jobert) reaches its end.
Drama
1985
109 Minutes
Director
Gérard Depardieu Sophie Marceau Richard Anconina Pascale Rocard Sandrine Bonnaire Thomas Jouannet Jean-Pierre Lorit Thierry Godard
cop femme fatale detective criminal lawyer prostitute brutal fiery dark gripping paris police station bedroom law office apartment masculinity police brutality interrogation passion manipulation
A French police detective (Gérard Depardieu) falls for a drug dealer's lying girlfriend (Sophie Marceau).